Thanks to the individuals who provided lists of the deceased from the Pittsburgh Day Train. However, I'm still trying to track down the complete passenger list. I picked up David McCullough's 1968 book, The Johnstown Flood, and just started the second chapter. At the front of the book, on page 11, Acknowledgements, he comments on his sources. The last two sentences of the second paragraph contain a glimmering of what I'm looking for. ... a recently discovered transcription of testimony taken by the Pennsylvania Railroad during the summer of 1889, which has been invaluable. (Most of the dialogue in Chapters 3 and 4, for example, has been taken directly from this transcription, which, in all, runs to nearly 500 typewritten pages, and no part of which has been previously published.) I wonder if part of the 500 pages of the transcript includes the complete passenger list. There had to be a complete list, otherwise, how would they have known the names of the dead or those whose bodies were never recovered, the "?" individuals. While doing a search for the Johnstown Flood, came across two Facebook pages, Johnstown Flood National Memorial and Johnstown Area Heritage Association. Both contain interesting bits about the flood, but neither had the answer to the question as to was there a passenger list and what happened to orphans from the flood. Think I'll try contacting them to see if they have the information stored someplace.

There may have been no complete list as passengers riding trains were not required to make a reservation. They only had to purchase a ticket at the train station and did not have to give their name. There may have been a list of stranded passengers trying to make arrangements with the railroad to continue their travel. However, this was probably a partial list as others probably made their own arrangements without contacting the railroad. Don Callihan Royal Oak, MI -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lisa Baker Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 12:02 AM To: Cambria List Subject: [PACAMBRI] Johnstown Flood - passenger list Thanks to the individuals who provided lists of the deceased from the Pittsburgh Day Train. However, I'm still trying to track down the complete passenger list. I picked up David McCullough's 1968 book, The Johnstown Flood, and just started the second chapter. At the front of the book, on page 11, Acknowledgements, he comments on his sources. The last two sentences of the second paragraph contain a glimmering of what I'm looking for. ... a recently discovered transcription of testimony taken by the Pennsylvania Railroad during the summer of 1889, which has been invaluable. (Most of the dialogue in Chapters 3 and 4, for example, has been taken directly from this transcription, which, in all, runs to nearly 500 typewritten pages, and no part of which has been previously published.) I wonder if part of the 500 pages of the transcript includes the complete passenger list. There had to be a complete list, otherwise, how would they have known the names of the dead or those whose bodies were never recovered, the "?" individuals. While doing a search for the Johnstown Flood, came across two Facebook pages, Johnstown Flood National Memorial and Johnstown Area Heritage Association. Both contain interesting bits about the flood, but neither had the answer to the question as to was there a passenger list and what happened to orphans from the flood. Think I'll try contacting them to see if they have the information stored someplace. - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message